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Brown, Percy (1942) Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). D B Taraporevala Sons & Co. Bombay.
Topics: India, architecture
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Salim Ali, 1941 The Book of Indian Birds. Published by the Bombay Natural History Society. First edition of this book was produved by a not-for-profit organization prior to Indian Independence from within territory of India. Not protected by copyright per Indian Copyright Act 1957. This edition is uploaded here from the contents on the Digital Library of India website. http://www.dli.ernet.in
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Topics: birds, India, BNHS
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1923
1923
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C. Gopalan Nair
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Nair, Gopalan C (1923) Moplah rebellion, 1921. Normans Printing Bureau, Calicut.
Topics: India, Islam
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Narendran, T C (1989) Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Department of Zoology, University of Calicut.
Topic: entomology, taxonomy, systematics, India, hymenoptera
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Bibhutibhusan Datta and Avadesh Narayan Singh (1935) History of Hindu Mathematics. A Source book. Parts 1 & 2. Asia Publishing House.
Topics: India, mathematics, history
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1933
1933
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J. H. Hutton
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Hutton, J.H. (1933) Census of India 1931. Vol 1. Part 1.
Topics: India, statistics, population
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Hegner, Robert W. (1933) Invertebrate Zoology. Macmillan, New York
Topic: zoology
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Majumdar RC & A D Pusalker (eds.) (1951) The Age of Imperial Unity. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.
Topic: India, history
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1934
1934
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Government of Assam
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Kanjilal UN, Kanjilal PC & A Das (1934) Flora of Assam. Volume 1. Part 1. Ranunculaceae to Eleaeocarpaceae. Government of Assam.
Topics: Botany, India, Assam
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1957
1957
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Julian Huxley
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Huxley, Julian (1957) New Bottles for New Wine. Chatto & Windus, London.
Topics: science, essays
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Pandurang V. Sukhatme
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Sukhatme, Pandurang V. (1954) Sampling theory of surveys with applications. Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics.
Topics: statistics, agriculture
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1958
1958
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George Uglow Pope; F.W. Ellis
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Translated into English by G.U. Pope and F.W. Ellis - Naladiyar - Foreword by M. Varadarajanar. The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works. Tirunelveli.
Topics: Indian mythology, religion
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1969
1969
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Eugene F. Irschick
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Irschick, Eugene F. (1969) Politics and social conflict in South India The non-Brahman Movement and Tamil Separatism, 1916-1929. Oxford University Press. Bombay.
Topics: Tami Nadu, social movement, India, history
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1962
1962
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Jean Philippe Vogel
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Vogel, Jean Philippe (1962) The Goose in Indian Literature and Art. E.J. Brill, Leiden.
Topics: India, goose, mythology, symbolism, architecture, art
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Krishnan, MS (1949) Geology of India and Burma. Madras.
Topics: India, Geology
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Talks by Subhas Chandra Bose at Haripura Congress, 1938 published from Kumaran Press Bangalore
Topics: India, Independence, history
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Randhawa, MS (1979) A history of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research 1929-1979. ICAR, New Delhi.
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Topics: India, agriculture
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1952
1952
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S. G. Narasimhachar
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Narasimhachar, S.G. (1952) Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore. Government Press, Bangalore.
Topics: India, Karnataka, botany, Kannada
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Reader's Digest
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J.C.Daniel and Mohan Sivanand (1988). Unforgettable Salim Ali. Reader's Digest. November 1988.
Topics: biography, ornithology
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Anonymous (1998). "Vernacular Names of the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Buceros 3 (1): 53â109. Published by ENVIS centre BNHS (not for profit organization funded by the government of India)
Topics: birds, India, ornithology
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1913
1913
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George P. Robertson
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Robertson, George P. (1913) Darjeeling Route Guide with Directions, Plans, A map and complete index for the instruction and guidance of visitors to the town. Darjeeling: Bose Press.
Topics: Darjeeling, India
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1835
1835
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R. Boileau Pemberton
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Pemberton, R. Boileau (1835) Report on the eastern frontier of British India with an appendix and maps. Government of India, Calcutta.
Topics: geography, India, exploration
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1952
1952
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Edward Hyams
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Edward Hyams (1952) Soil and Civilization. Thames and Hudson, London.
Topics: soil, ecology, human evolution
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W Francis 1908. The Nilgiris. Madras District Gazetteer. Public domain under Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: Nilgiris, India, Madras
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1948
1948
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Norah Richards
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Richards, Norah (1948). Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar F.R.S. New Delhi: New Book Society of India.
Topics: scientists, biography, India
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1951
1951
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya
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Visvesvaraya, M (1951) Memoirs of my working life.
Topics: Sir M. Visvesvaraya, autobiography, India
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2004
2004
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Wildlife Institute of India
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WII (2004) Ungulates of India. ENVIS. 7(1)
Topics: India, fauna, wildlife, ungulates
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1918
1918
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Government of India
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1918. Bengal-Nagpur Railway System. Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway System.
Topics: India, Railways, history
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1917
1917
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Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil
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Jouveau-Dubreuil, Gabriel (1917) Dravidian architecture. Preface by Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar.
Topics: architecture, temples, south India
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1940
1940
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Government of Assam
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Kanjilal UN, Kanjilal PC , R. N. De & A Das (1940) Flora of Assam. Volume 4. Nyctaginaceae to Cycadaceae. Government of Assam.
Topics: India, botany, Assam
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Gajasastram of Palakapya muni Saraswati Mahal Series no 76 Translated by S Gopalan 1958 Copied from the Digital Library of India by L. Shyamal.
Topics: elephant, animal husbandry, sanskrit
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1936
1936
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Government of Assam
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Kanjilal UN, Kanjilal PC, A Das & C. Purkayastha (1936) Flora of Assam. Volume 1. Part 2. Linaceae to Moringaceae. Government of Assam.
Topics: India, botany
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1948
1948
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Lt.Col. E G Phythian-Adams
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Phythian-Adams, EG Lt.-Col. (1948) The Madras Soldier 1746-1946. Government Press, Madras.
Topics: India, military regiment
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Kenny, John (1912). Intensive Farming in India. Higginbotham & Co. London.
Topics: India, agriculture, history
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1857
1857
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Alexander Hunter
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Henry P. Hawkes; Alexander Hunter (1857). A classified catalogue of the raw products exhibited at the Madras Exhibition of 1857. Madras.
Topics: Madras, colonial exhibition, India
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1958
1958
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Anant Kakba Priolkar
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Priolkar, Anant Kakba (1958) The Printing Press in India. Its beginnings and early development. Marathi Samshodhana Mandala, Bombay.
Topics: printing, history, India
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1968
1968
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Government of India
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(1968) Panorama of Indian Painting. Publications Division.
Topics: India, painting, history
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Narayan, Shiv (1937) Indian water power plants. A companion volume to Hydro-electric installations of India. The Poona Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Poona.
Topics: India, power, electricity, rivers
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1948
1948
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B. R. Ambedkar
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Ambedkar, B.R. (1948) Untouchables: Who were they and why they became untouchables. Delhi, Amrit Books.
Topics: India, castes
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1942
1942
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Sir Robert Reid
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Reid, RObert (1942) History of the Frontier areas bordering on Assam From 1883-1941.
Topics: India, Assam, history
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1936
1936
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F. H. Gravely
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Gravely, F.H. (1936) An outline of Indian temple architecture. Madras Government Press.
Topics: India, architecture
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Rajayyan, K. (1971) South Indian Rebellion. The First War of Independence, 1800-1801. Mysore: Rao and Raghavan.
Topics: India, history
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1934
1934
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R. Narasimhacharya
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Narasimhacharya, R. (1934) History of Kannada Language. University of Mysore.
Topics: Kannada, linguistics, language, history, India
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Reginald Innes Pocock
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Fauna of British India Mammalia Volume 1 (second edition) Reginald Innes Pocock Public domain under Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: Fauna of British India, Mammals
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1918
1918
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Patrick Geddes
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Geddes, Patrick (1918):Town Planning Towards City Development: A Report to the Durbar of Indore. Part 1. Holkar State Printing Press, Indore.
Topics: India, urban planning, history
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Sheppard, Raymond (1940) How To Draw Birds Published by The Studio Publications Ltd London Fourth Impression 1943 [First Edition 1940].
Topics: birds, drawing, art
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Randhawa, MS (1980) A history of agriculture in India. Volume 1. Beginning to 12th century. ICAR, New Delhi.
Topics: India, agriculture
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Gulatee, BL. (1954) The height of Mount Everest. A new determination (1952-54). Survey of India, Technical paper 8.
Topics: India, mountain, survey, height
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1959
1959
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Lawrence Langner (died 1962)
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Lawrence Langner (1959) The importance of wearing clothes. Hastings House, New York.
Topics: human biology, anthropology, clothing
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1858
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William Campbell Maclean, John Shortt
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A Treatise on The Small Pox by W.C. Maclean (1849) translted from Hindoostanee into English and Teloogoo by J. Shortt. (1858)
Topics: medicine, India, health
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1934
1934
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Madras Government Museum
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Gravely, F.H. & T.N. Ramachandran (1934) The three main styles of temple architecture recognized by the Silpa-Sastras. Madras Government Press.
Topics: India, temple, architecture
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1899
1899
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M. Aurel Stein
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Stein, M A (1899) Memoir on maps illustrating the ancient geography of Kasmir. Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta.
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Topics: Kashmir, India, history, geography
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Baker, HR and C M Inglis (scanned by Osmania University)
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Baker HR and CM Inglis (1930) The Birds of Southern India. Government Press, Madras. Scanned by Osmania University, available on Digital Library of India in other forms. As Indian government work done before 1947, it is public domain under the Indian Copyright Act 1957 Transferred from Digital Library of India to the Internet Archive by L. Shyamal
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Topics: birds, India
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Gopalan, R (1928) History of the Pallavas of Kanchi. University of Madras.
Topics: India, history
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Tool using in birds - a review by Jeffery Boswall that was published in the Avicultural Magazine 1977, 1978 Boswall, J. 1977 Tool using by birds and related behaviour, Avicult. Mag. 83:88–97 Boswall, J. 1977 Tool-using by birds and related behaviour. Avic. Mag. 83:146-159 Boswall, J. 1977. Tool-using by birds and related behaviour. Avicultural Magazine 83:220-28 Boswall, J. 1978 Further notes on tool-using by birds and related behaviour. Avic. Mag. 84:162-166. Boswall, J. 1983 Tool-using and...
Topics: birds, behaviour, tool-using
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1885
1885
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Theodore Duka
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Life and Works of Alexander Csoma de Körös by Theodore Duka (Tivadar Duka) 1885. Trubner & Sons. London
Topics: Tibetan studies, biography, Tibet, Buddhism
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714
1925
1925
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E. H. Hankin
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Hankin, E.H. 1925. The Drawing of Geometric patterns in Saracenic Art. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India. No. 15. Archaeological Survey of India.
Topics: art, geometry, Mughal, tesselation
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Dozey, E. C. (1922) A concise history of the Darjeeling District since 1835.
Topics: India, history, Darjeeling
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1940
1940
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Government of Mysore
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Mysore Dasara Exhibition. Official Handbook and Guide. 1940
Topics: Mysore, history
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1955
1955
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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Roy, Dilip Kumar & Indira Devi (1955) Kumbha: India's ageless festival. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
Topics: India, religion, history
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1891
1891
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James Fergusson
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Fergusson, James (1891) History of Indian and Eastern Architecture. Volume 3. John Murray, London.
Topics: India, architecture
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1917
1917
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya
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Speeches by Sir M. Visvesvaraya, KCIE. Dewan of Mysore. 1910-11 to 1916-17
Topics: Karnataka, government, speeches
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Reginald Innes Pocock
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Fauna of British India. Mammals volume 2 Reginald Innes Pocock Public domain under Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: Fauna of British India, Mammals
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1908
1908
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Basel Mission, Mangalore
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Anon. (1908) Five hundred Indian plants. Their use in medicine and the arts. In Canarese. Basel Mission Press.
Topics: India, plants
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1956
1956
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James Sykes Gamble
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Gamble, J.S. (1936) Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Volume II. Ranunculaceae to Caprifoliaceae. Calcutta: Government of India.
Topics: India, Flora, botany, Madras
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576
1960
1960
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F.H. Gravely; C. Sivaramamurti
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Gravely, F.H. and C. Sivaramamurti (1960) Illustration of Indian Sculpture. Mostly Southern. Madras Government Museum.
Topics: India, sculpture
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Brigadier C A L Graham
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Graham CAL (1857) The history of the Indian mountain artillery. Gale and Polden Ltd, Aldershot
Topics: India, Army
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1935
1935
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E.W.C. Sandes
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Sandes, E.W.C. (1935) The Military Engineer in India. Volume II. Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham.
Topics: Royal Engineers, History, India
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1883
1883
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Dietrich Brandis
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Dietrich Brandis (1883) Suggestions regarding forest administration in the Madras presidency. Government Press, Madras.
Topics: India, Forestry
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1938
1938
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W. V. Grigson
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Grigson, WV (1938) The Maria Gonds of Bastar. Oxford University Press.
Topics: India, anthropology
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Charles S Houston & Robert H Bates (editor) (1954) K2 - the savage mountain. McGraw-Hill From the Digital Library of India
Topic: Mountaineering
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1947
1947
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Jaqueline Tyrwhit
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Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline (ed.) (1947) Patrick Geddes in India. Lund Humphries, London.
Topics: India, town planning, histor
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Cole, R.A. (1867) An Elementary Grammar of the coorg Language. Wesleyan Mission Press, Bangalore.
Topics: India, Karnataka, Coorg, Kodagu, Language
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1862
1862
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Jacob Canter Visscher; Heber Drury
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Visscher, Jacob Canter 1862. Letters from Malabar. Translated from Dutch to which is added - An account of Travancore, and Fra Bartolomeo's travels in that country by Major Heber Drury. Gantz Brothers, Madras.
Topics: Malabar, Kerala, India, history, travel
